Ep. 262 – The Liberated Heart: Shifting From Trauma to Loving Awareness with Thomas Hübl, PhD

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Nov 5, 2024

Thomas Hübl, a renowned teacher and author, joins to discuss the profound journey from trauma to loving awareness. He shares powerful insights on the balance between personal healing and activism, emphasizing that healing is a collective endeavor. The transformative power of love is highlighted, alongside the necessity of addressing generational trauma. They explore the interconnectedness of spiritual practice and social justice, encouraging mindful activism as a response to global issues like climate change and war. Fueled by compassion, they inspire listeners to reconnect and heal.

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ANECDOTE

Maha Ghosananda's Compassion

Jack Kornfield tells a story about Maha Ghosananda, a Cambodian monk, leading refugees back to their villages.
They walked through killing fields, chanting "Hatred never ceases by hatred, but by love alone is healed."

INSIGHT

Integrating Spirituality and Activism

Spiritual practice and activism are not separate but interconnected aspects of being human.
We can misuse both meditation and activism by clinging to false transcendence or unresolved trauma.

INSIGHT

Embracing Consciousness

We are consciousness itself, not just our individual experiences or traumas.
Jack Kornfield shares personal stories of mystical experiences that shifted his worldview from skepticism to belief.

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Discover how to shift from trauma to loving awareness through mindfulness, conscious healing, and compassionate activism with Jack Kornfield and Thomas Hübl, PhD.

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“Who you are is so much more than your trauma, you are consciousness itself.” – Jack Kornfield

In Part 2 of this episode originally airing for The Collective Trauma Summit in 2021, Jack and Thomas mindfully explore:

Developing the skills to heal our trauma
Jack’s time with meditation master, Maha Ghosananda
The powerful connection between activism and spirituality
Avoiding burnout, finding balance
Transforming from skeptical to mystical
Navigating the traumas in the Middle East
Digesting our traumas
Waking up from auto-pilot
Expanding your window of tolerance
How to face racism, war, economic disparity, the environment, etc
Mindfulness, consciousness, and loving awareness

“The whole notion that spiritual practice doesn’t have anything to do with activism is a fiction.” – Jack Kornfield

“Every breath you take is the breath of the starlings and the breath of the earthworms and the soil. We’re all inter-breathing it together. That’s how it works, that’s what life is.” – Jack Kornfield

About Thomas Hübl, PhD:

Thomas Hübl, PhD, is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator who works within the complexity of systems and cultural change, integrating the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Since the early 2000s, he has led large-scale events and courses on the healing of collective trauma.

He is the author of Attuned: Practicing Interdependence to Heal Our Trauma—and Our World and Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds. He has served as an advisor and guest faculty for universities and organizations, as a coach for CEOs and organizational leaders, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. For more info, books, podcast, and upcoming offerings, please visit thomashuebl.com

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